Question about production numbers

On 6/14/05, Combs, Mike wrote:
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> Even if economics rule out the raising of cattle (and I would only
> expect that to be the case in the early years of space settlement),
> please be open-minded about the raising of rabbits and goats. Keith and
> Carolyn Henson wrote about this in the early days of space settlement
> discussion.
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Some kinds of pigs, and perhaps even capivaras (a giant swampy rodent
commercially grown for food in Brazil, see
http://www.naturalsul.com.br/capivar1.htm) could also conceivably be
"portable" enough. Also, leaving mammalians aside, fish, shrimps and
chicken are an automatic choice for portable animal protein.